Full Life Cycle: Waterfall & Agile

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Phases of a Full Life Cycle project

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Feasibility, Analysis, Design, Coding, Testing, Integration, Implementation, Maintenance.

Easy way to remember this? Fred And Dave Code Together In Icy Minnesota

Fred - Feasibility
And - Analysis
Dave - Design
Code - Coding
Together - Testing
In - Integration
Icy - Implementation
Minnesota - Maintenance

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Waterfall Methodology

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Follows one step at a time in a very structured planned out manner. The full product, fully complete is launched to the user at the end of the cycle.

Like a Middle School term paper.

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Feasibility Phase/Stage

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this happens when business users want something done but they’re not sure how to go about it, or, if it even makes sense.

BA is involved in this phase

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Functional Role

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This person understands what technology can do and what it can’t but if you stuck them in front of code they’d have no idea what they were looking at

Typically BAs or PMs are thought of as this.

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Analysis Phase/Stage

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This is the point when they’d bring in a Systems Analyst to look at all the existing systems to determine how information flows throughout the company and how a new system might affect business processes.

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Design Phase/Stage

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The first technical step in the life cycle process.

This is when the Tech Architect figures out how to solve all the issues and builds out a tech blueprint

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Coding Phase/Stage

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This is when the blueprint gets built out.

Engineers, Developers, Graphic Designers, UX & UI Specialists are all involved in this phase.

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Testing Phase/Stage

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This is the point when the QA steps in to make sure everything is working the way it's supposed to.

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Integration Phase/Stage

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This is the point when a company would need to connect this new system with their other existing systems.

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Implementation Phase/Stage

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This is the roll out point, when business users actually get to see and learn how to use the new tech. User Adoption is crucial at this point.

Tech Trainers and Instructional Designers are brought in at this point.

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Instructional Designer (ID)

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Creates the curriculum and learning programs for new ideas. Often used in the Implementation stage for User Adoption

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Tech Trainer

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this person makes sure new users understand the benefits of the new system and how to use it.

Often used during the implementation stage.

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Maintenance Phase/Stage

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After the new tech is implemented it will need to be maintained. This is the final and on-going stage of the Full Project Life Cycle.

Administrators & help desk are used at this point.

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Agile Methodology

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follows all the steps of the project life cycle by spiraling through and repeating them as different parts of the project are rolled out to the user.

Considered an Iterative approach.

Can be thought of like a breaking news story that continually is updated until there is a fully fleshed out article the next morning.

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Benefits to Agile

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Users see results much faster than with Waterfall.
Making changes and tweaks is easier.
Business users stay interested because they continually get new functionality.
Tech stays relevant.

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How to tell (when getting a req) whether a project is considered a full implementation

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What the end goal of this project?

Is it a full implementation or will this person be working on an existing system?